Heating device.



H. T. & H. H. HIPWELL.

HEATING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED IuLY 20,1916.

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HEATING DEVICE.

Application led July 20,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, HARRY T. HIPWELL and HARRY H. HIPWELL, citizens of Ythe United States, residing'at N. S. Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Heating Device, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed for applying heat Ato the human body, and for permitting the application of light rays to the human body.

The invention aims to provide a device of simple form, adapted for the ends in view, and adapted to take the place of a hot water bottle or like structure, the functions of which are well lmown.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for assembling an electric lamp with the receptacle whereby heat is applied to the body.

A'further object of the invention is to provide a device of this type in which -screens of different kinds may be substituted for one another, thereby to permit the application of light rays of diiferent kinds to the human body.

It is within the province of the disclosure j to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view E ing 10, clips 12 having shoulders 14 enf which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it. being understood that changes'in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

` In the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 shows in top plan, a .heating device embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a-cross section taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, parts appearing in elevation;

Fig. `3 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

' Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the interior of the front of the receptacle; and

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a receptacle which preferably,

Specification of Letters Patent.

1916. Seria1,No.110,367.

but not necessarily, is fashioned from metal. The receptacle includes a cup-shaped back 1 and a cup-shaped front 2 provided along their meeting edges with beads 3. The back 1 is united with the front 2 by means of a hinge 4. A latch 5 may be connected With PatentedAng. t', 1917.

the back l and may be adapted to coact with A the bead 3.of the front 2 to hold the b ack 1 and the front in closed relation to each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. rlhe back 1 may carrya socket 6, and the edge of the front 2 may be provided with a notch 7 receiving a portion of the socket 6 when the parts 1 and 2 of the receptacle are closed together. From the socket 6 leads an electrical conductor 8. rlhe socket 6 carries, removably, and in the usual manner, an incandescent electric lamp 9 located within the contour of the receptacle.

In the front 2 is fashioned an opening 10 Qbridged across by a screen 11. The screen 11 may be a plate of transparent material, such as glass. It may be a plate of colored glass or translucent glass. It may be a plate of material whichwill permit the passage of certain rays of light, such as ultra-violet rays, intercepting all other rays., The screen 11, whatever be its construction, maybe held upon the front 2 in any desired manner, to constitute a closure for the o ening 10. In the present embodiment .of t e invention, but not of necessity, the front 2 carries, adjacent the periphery of the opengaging the edges of the screen 11, the clips including bendable ends 15 overhanging the rear face of the screen 11, as will be understood clearly from Fig. 5. Itis obvious that by bending the ends 15, one screen may be substituted for another but, if desired,`some other means for holding the screen 11 in place, removably, may be resorted to.

The front 2 and the back 1 may be pro-y vided adjacent their meeting edges, with ventilating perforations 16, permitting the entrance of air into the receptacle and permitting the egress of air therefrom.

ln practical operation, the electric lamp 9 will beat the airwithin the receptacle, and the receptacle may be used after the manner of an ordinary hot water bottle. It 1s possible, owing to the presence of the screen 11, to apply light to any part of the body, as is sometimes necessary in the treatment of disease. Further, as hereinbefore indicated, the screen 11 may be so constructed as to permit the passage of certain rays and intercept the passage of other rays proceeding from the lamp 9.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A device for applying heat and light to the human body, and comprising a receptaole, the depth of which is small, compared with its diameter, to give the receptacle a disk-like form, the receptacle being made upof two cup-shaped parts disposed edge to edge, the said parts having end walls which are parallel, and edge iianges which are outwardly curved, the 'edge anges cooperating vto give a continuous, transverse, peripheral convexity to the receptacle; a panel carried by one end wall and constructpermit the passage of light rays; a socket secured to one edge Harige, the other edge ange having a notch receiving the 2o socket; an electric lain'upl carried by the socket and located within the'receptacle; a hinge uniting the edge flanges; and a latch uniting the edge ilanges and spaced from the hinge. 25

Sin testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed oursignatures in the presence of two witnessesD HARRY T. HIPWELL. HARRY H. HIPVVELL;

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Witnesses:

EDWARD G., LANG, v E., N, Hrrwnm.. 

